§ MR. SLOANTo ask Mr. Attorney-General for Ireland if he can state what were the charges preferred against Constable M'Garry, of Musgrave Street Barracks, Belfast; on what date were the charges made against him; on what date was he sent to a lunatic asylum; and what was the date he was told that he had been pensioned off; what was the date of his discharge from the asylum, and what was the nature of M'Garry's discharge from the force.
(Answered by Mr. Atkinson.) In August last, grave allegations of immoral Conduct were made against Constable Thomas M'Garry of the Belfast Police Force. Whilst inquiries were being made into those allegations the constable became insane, and was removed on September 1st, 1904, from the Mater Infirmorum Hospital to the lunatic asylum, the doctor certifying he was insane. He was subsequently pronounced unfit for further service in the Royal Irish Constabulary in consequence of having been confined in a lunatic asylum, and was discharged from the force on November 30th, 1904, on pension commencing on December 1st, 1904. He was discharged from the asylum on December 12th, 1904, and on December 15th he was personally informed by the district inspector of his discharge on pension. The constable was discharged on account of insanity.